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<blockquote data-quote="dannyboy" data-source="post: 806329" data-attributes="member: 484"><p>AFternoon Tie</p><p> </p><p>They did have such a meeting with the steward and management. And that is when the driver was told to obey the instructions of the manager until the grievance was heard. This is also addressed in the contract and the driver and steward were following the language. There is no provision allowing the driver to refuse an instruction from the center manager.</p><p> </p><p>There is also another consideration that came into play. You damn well know what happens to a driver that refuses TAW work offered to him by the employer. Would you care to comment on that? So please, dont give me a story about how the largest share of accountability for the injury lies with the employee.</p><p> </p><p>Glad you asked.</p><p> </p><p>First off, how can an employee follow their doctors orders when the center manager mandates that he do things that violate the instructions in the dr's orders? There is no way.</p><p> </p><p>At 4AM in the morning, the interior of the building is very dimly lit, with the belt lines lit brightly. The driver was attempting to dismount a package car to enter another shorter vehicle. The right foot hit a large spot of oil/water. The oil was from the night before that dripped out of a package car, the water from the car wash. The driver, after review, could not see the spot on the floor. While the driver did have a hand on the hand rail, the left knee did not have the ability to support the driver after the right foot slid out. Therefor the hand grip was broken by the weight of the driver, and he came down on the right knee in a very akward angle, causing the soft tissue damage to the right knee.</p><p> </p><p>What is interesting is that the safety committee had filed grievances on large areas of the floor being contaminated with oil/water combinations, and the dimly lit interior of the building over the package cars. We were told that the company wanted to save electric costs were the reason for the interior being dimly lit, and there was nothing they could do about trucks leaking oil. Both of these actions or inactions by the company were contributing factors to the injury.</p><p> </p><p>d</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dannyboy, post: 806329, member: 484"] AFternoon Tie They did have such a meeting with the steward and management. And that is when the driver was told to obey the instructions of the manager until the grievance was heard. This is also addressed in the contract and the driver and steward were following the language. There is no provision allowing the driver to refuse an instruction from the center manager. There is also another consideration that came into play. You damn well know what happens to a driver that refuses TAW work offered to him by the employer. Would you care to comment on that? So please, dont give me a story about how the largest share of accountability for the injury lies with the employee. Glad you asked. First off, how can an employee follow their doctors orders when the center manager mandates that he do things that violate the instructions in the dr's orders? There is no way. At 4AM in the morning, the interior of the building is very dimly lit, with the belt lines lit brightly. The driver was attempting to dismount a package car to enter another shorter vehicle. The right foot hit a large spot of oil/water. The oil was from the night before that dripped out of a package car, the water from the car wash. The driver, after review, could not see the spot on the floor. While the driver did have a hand on the hand rail, the left knee did not have the ability to support the driver after the right foot slid out. Therefor the hand grip was broken by the weight of the driver, and he came down on the right knee in a very akward angle, causing the soft tissue damage to the right knee. What is interesting is that the safety committee had filed grievances on large areas of the floor being contaminated with oil/water combinations, and the dimly lit interior of the building over the package cars. We were told that the company wanted to save electric costs were the reason for the interior being dimly lit, and there was nothing they could do about trucks leaking oil. Both of these actions or inactions by the company were contributing factors to the injury. d [/QUOTE]
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